Diocesan Archives

A large tree and river with Church of the Ascension in the distance

Church of the Ascension, Ottawa — Deanery of Central Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood May 23, 2025

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if context in most situations is everything, setting may also reveal a great deal. It is no accident ...

Interior view of St. George's - black and white phooe

Saint George, Ottawa — Deanery of Central Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood April 25, 2025

Saint George’s Church in downtown Ottawa seemed almost fated to be a centre of controversy. To begin with, this house of worship was built as ...

Exterior view of St. John Innisville, black and white photo

Saint John, Innisville — Deanery of the Southwest

Glenn J Lockwood March 20, 2025

The former Saint John’s Church, Innisville looks almost timeless in its rural setting, at least when viewed in daytime. This photograph from fifty years ago ...

Black and white photo of the entrance to a grand house.

Hamilton Hall, Hawkesbury — Stormont Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood February 20, 2025

This gracious image, a small snapshot, shows Hamilton Hall—the elegant family home in which Charles Hamilton, the first Bishop of Ottawa, was raised at Hawkesbury, ...

Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay — Deanery of the Northwest

Glenn J Lockwood January 20, 2025

Here is Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay, photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 June 2010. It appears rather unusual for an Anglican house of ...

Cover of the Rev. Frank Uhlir's book The Call of the Cross

Temple Pastures — Deanery of West Quebec

Glenn J Lockwood December 26, 2024

This 1970s photograph is a reminder of a man who was not your standard Anglican, yet who for a generation operated a facility that helped ...

Deanery of East Ontario — Church of the Nativity, L’Orignal

Glenn J Lockwood November 21, 2024

Anglican services in L’Orignal began in the 1850s, and from 1870 were held at the Prescott and Russell courthouse. Peter H. McIntosh donated land for ...

Archival black and white photo of the exterior of Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt — Cathedral Deanery

October 21, 2024

Complexity is written all over the Queen Anne Revival building we see here. And for good reason. It reminds us that a diocese is a ...

Christ Church, Bells Corners — Deanery of West Ottawa

September 23, 2024

One of the most plaintive inquiries ever received at the Diocesan Archives is for a photograph of the brand, spanking new frame Christ Church, Bells ...